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2. John Burton

Green energy is worth the cost

Are Koreans willing to pay more for a cleaner planet? That is the challenge the country faces as its struggles with the dilemma of delivering cheap energy while generating more clean energy.

2019-10-14 16:59

Humanitarian aid flowing to North Korea provides a useful barometer in determining the state of Pyongyang's relations with the rest of the world - particularly current U.S. trends paint a mainly positive picture.

2019-09-30 17:03

N.Korea's spat with UN

It might seem perverse for a country where 40 percent of the population faces the risk of going hungry that North Korea should request a reduction in the number of United Nations humanitarian aid workers there by the end of 2019.

2019-09-16 18:22

Loosening the screws

In recent weeks, the United Nations has been quietly accelerating approval of exemptions for international humanitarian groups to deliver aid to North Korea amid reports that food conditions are deteriorating and cases of tuberculosis and malaria are rising.

2019-09-02 17:09

North Korea's TB crisis

It is approaching crunch time in dealing with North Korea's tuberculosis crisis. Stocks of TB medicine could be severely depleted by the middle of next year. This is due to a shortage of funding by international donors and difficulties in delivering medical assistance as a result of sanctions against Pyongyang for its nuclear program.

2019-08-19 17:09

What type of policy on North Korea will the Democrats pursue if they defeat U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election? It is a hard question to answer. For one thing, foreign policy has been scarcely discussed during the current Democrat presidential primary campaign and North Korea even less so. Instead, the more than 20 primary candidates have focused their attention on domestic issues from healthcare to immigration policy.

2019-08-05 17:53

Humanitarian roadmap

The Federation of American Scientists recently issued a report, co-authored by 14 international experts on Korea, that declared that current U.S. policy toward North Korea has been a failure. It suggested instead a more pragmatic approach that would both contain that country's nuclear program while also shaping its future development.

2019-07-22 17:20

Biegun vs. Bolton

It was just a few months ago that many observers, including myself, believed that U.S. President Donald Trump had fallen under the sway of hawks in Washington after the collapse of his summit in Hanoi with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. That no longer appears to be the case following Trump's recent meeting with Kim at the DMZ.

2019-07-08 17:40

Setting an example

President Moon Jae-in has apparently recognized that humanitarian aid is a good means to help revive stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear program. Last week, Seoul announced that it would provide 50,000 tons of rice to North Korea as that country faces a looming food shortage this summer. It was the first such planned shipment of rice by South Korea since 2010, when it sent 5,000 tons.

2019-06-24 17:22

Trump considers visiting DMZ

Debating NK's food crisis

Questions are being raised over the extent of North Korea's current food crisis, with supporters of humanitarian aid saying that help is urgently needed to avoid a famine, while critics claim that Pyongyang is exaggerating the situation.

2019-06-10 17:57

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